{ "culture": "en-NZ", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Coastal segments as described in the report Southland Coast Te Waewae Bay to the Catlins - habitat mapping, risk assessment and monitoring recommendations", "description": "
Developing an understanding of the distribution and risks to coastal and estuarine habitats is critical to the management of ecological resources. Environment Southland contracted Wriggle Coastal Management to identify the habitat vulnerability and monitoring priorities for coastal ecological resources in the developed section of the Southland coastline using a similar approach to that recently used in the Greater Wellington region (Robertson and Stevens 2007a, 2007b, 2007c). <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>